Letter to the Parliamentary Relations
and Devolution Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 13
July 2004
SPENDING REVIEW
2004
The Committee noted with interest the Statement
in the House yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announcing
the outcome of the Spending Review 2004.
Given the Committee's current inquiry into the
FCO's Annual Report 2003-04 and the Permanent Under-Secretary's
recent oral evidence session, Members have requested that I write
to seek a note from you clarifying the impact of the Review's
outcome for the Office's activities. In this note, could you also
set out the predicted impact on the FCO of:
(a) the Chancellor's announcements on civil
service job losses; and
(b) the target of £30 billion of asset
sales by 2010 across Government.
Please could the Committee have your response
no later than Wednesday 21st July.
Geoffrey Farrar
Second Clerk of the Committee
13 July 2004
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